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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 1, 2000Dane County, Green County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2000, 7:02 PM CDT for Dane County, Green County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2000, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1531 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KMKX 020003
FFWMKX
WIC025-045-020300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE-SULLIVAN WI
702 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 702 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA.

* WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ARE THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES
  OF RAINFALL FELL SINCE 6 PM. THIS RAIN...AND THE ADDITIONAL
  EXPECTED...WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND
  OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY
FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. KEEP CHILDREN FROM PLAYING IN
FLOODED CULVERTS. THE RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY THEM
AWAY.

LAT...LON 4321 8976 4257 8984 4295 8910 4329 8906

HAHN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSheboygan54 min
Jun 1, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock66 min
Jun 1, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha58 min
Jun 1, 7:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXOzaukee, Sheboygan, Washington3 hr
Jun 1, 7:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXJefferson, Milwaukee, Rock, Waukesha4 hr
Jun 1, 7:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth3 hr
Jun 1, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth62 min
Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Iowa, Lafayette, Sauk3 hr
Jun 1, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine56 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.